Vegetable cutter or slicer.



"Nm 719,944. PATENTBD PEB. a, 1903.

J. Y. KLINE.

VBGBTABLE GUTTER 0R SLIGER.`

APPLIOATION FILED APB., 21. 1900.

Nrrnn VTATESQ PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB Y. KLINE, OF FLORIN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND PARISG. SHELLY, OF FLORIN, lPENNSYLVANIA.

VEGETABLE CUTTER OR SLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 719,944, datedFebruary 3, 1903.

Application tied April 21, 1900.

To @ZZ whom, t muy concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB Y. KLINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Florin, in

the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements inVegetable O utters or Slicers; andI do hereby declare the'following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in a vegetable cutter or slicerof that class in which cutting-blades are moved underneath the openingof a bottomless hopperor feeding receptacle mounted on approved legs oron other suitable means by which said hopper is supported at the desiredheight above a given surface, such asa table-top, and in which provisionis made to regulate the thickness of the out, as well as its size orshape.

The object of the invention is the production of a device toexpeditiously and conveniently cut or slice potatoes for chips or otherfries, cabbage for slaw, other vegetables and kindred substances forsalads, and like pur-4 poses.

The elements of the invention will severally and at large appear in thefollowing description, and they will be separately and collectively setforth or particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The purposes of the invention are attained by the mechanism, devices,and means illustrat-ed in the accompanying drawings, similar referencecharacters designating like parts throughout the several views, inwhich- Figure l is a side elevation of a vegetablecutter embodying theelements of the invention with parts appearing in central verticalsection and a portion of one of the supportinglegs broken away. Fig. 2is a sectional elevation of the same, the section being taken on theline win Fig. l with the follower or feed block and portions of a legand the handle removed. Fig. 3 is a top view of Fig. 2 practicallycompleted.

Now to accomplish the invention a hopper A is provided to receive andfeed the sub- 5o stances to be operated upon by the cutters.

The hopper A is of approved dimensions,

Serial No. 13,740. (No model.)

preferably rectangular in plan, consisting of four side walls arrangedin opposite pairs ft a and u. a, slightly downwardly and inwardlyinclining,with their end edges securely joined 5 5 or integral with eachother, if made of molten metal at one casting, ad being the front andrear end walls, and a. a the two side walls, the former with slightlydownwardly rounded lower edges and the latter with straight ones, 6o andthe side walls a a being provided at their centers with prescribedvertical slots a2 a2 through their bodies. Movable down and up on theinner faces of these side walls are plates A A', with headed bolts A2 A265 through their bodies and engaging through said slots with thumb nut-sA3 A3 on the threaded ends of the bolts, which serve to lower or raisesaid plates on said side walls as Well as to secure them in place,whereby 7o the openings under these walls may be regulated at pleasureor as may be required.

To the side walls a of the hopper, at the forward ends thereof, arerigidly secured in any approved manner the upper ends of prescribedstandards or legs a3 a3, having feet 0l.4 at the lower ends thereof tostand on a tabletop or other surface to which said feet may be secured,as by screws therethrough, the end walls a having been exteriorly andcen- 8o trally provided, rigidly affixed thereto, with depending hangersa5 a6 of approved dimensions, having bearing-oriices o.rr d8 at theirrespective lower ends, through which are jour# naled the ends of ashaft, yet to be described, 8 5 and the ,hanger a6 below its bearinghaving been prolonged, downwardly and outwardly curving into thestandard or leg a9, havinga foot similar to the feet a4, beforementioned; but the lower portion of this leg, with its foot, 9o isbroken away for want of room in the drawings.

With its ends j ournaled in the bearing-oriices a? as is a shaft B, ofprescribed dimensions, having, preferably, a righthand end cylindricalportion b of diameter equal to that of the bearing-orifice a7,journaling said portion, a central angular portion b' withits angularedges lying in the surface of said cylindrical portion if continued, aleft-hand cyroo lindrical portion b2 of diameter not exceeding thealtitude of said angular portion, and a A the same being adapted tosupport and operate the cutting devices, yet to be described.

In the cutter device C there is mounted on the shaft B a skeleton frameor cradle C', in which its central hub c is axially provided with anangular orifice o0, iitting the portion b' of the shaft on which saidhub is sleeved, with a set-screw C2 through its body, securing it inplace. Projecting centrally from the hub are radial arms c and e202,with the one, c', vertically disposed and the other two, C202,horizontally extended, one of the latter being on either side of theformer and at an angle of ninety degrees therefrom. Branching off fromthe hub ends of said arms c2 c2 are downwardly and outwardly incliningarms c3 c3, of a prescribed length, being provided with screw-threadsthe required distance at their outer or free ends, on which are mountedoppositely-disposed pairs of nuts or thumbscrews C3 C3. To the outerends of the arms c2 are rigidly affixed cross or T bars c4 c4, of

Yprescribed dimensions, with their outer faces rounded and their centersprovided with outwardly-projecting lugs or pins c5, while the outer endof the arm c is provided with a cross or T bar c6 of similar extent tosaid bars c4, having a flat or level outer or top surface, on which isplaced an approved filling-strip C4, supporting a prescribed knife ordoubleedged cutting-blade C5, which is secured in place as byflat-headed screws C6 passing through said knife and strip and bar, withnuts on the threaded ends of said screws, the screws having their headsrecessed into the body of the knife, which is thus adapted to cut eitherway as itis reciprocated below the hopper. On each of the bars c4 ofsaid arms c2 is mounted a concavo-convex cylindrical surface plate C7 ofapproved dimensions, and these plates have their concaved surfaces onsaid bars, while the pins C5, freely engaging in outwardly-countersunkapertures through the bodies thereof, serve to hold the platespractically in place, but allow them to be rocked or oscillated, saidbars serving as f ulcra. The plates have their lower or rearward endsprovided with orifices for engagement on the screw-threaded portions ofsaid branch arms c3, said ends being between the pairs of nuts C3 ontheir respective portions and so formed or angularly bent that said nutsby being screwed home thereon will press outwardly and inwardly onopposite sides of said orifices, serving to press and hold said surfaceplates in close contact against their respective fulcrum-bars, as wellas being adapted to oscillate or rock said plates thereon, and theplates have their forward or upper ends in close proximity to thecutting edges of said knife C5 provided with knives or cut ting-bladesCs,with their cutting` edges in such positions as to freely pass thecutting edges of said former knife when moving up or down in beingadjusted, while headed screws o7 through the knives and plates, withnuts on their threaded ends, serveto rigidly secure said latter knivesand plates together, and these knives are provided on their undersurfaces, preferably at the cutting edges thereof, with vertical cutterso8, rigidly secured thereto, as by brazing or welding, with prescribedintervals between them, adapted to produce rectangular strips or blockswhen so desired. The plates C7 are also provided exteriorly atprescribed points with outwardly-projecting ridges or ribs C9 to engageagainst the lower end edges of the side walls a' while the cradle isbeing oscillated to reciprocate the cutting-blades, limiting saidoscillation.

To feed or press the potatoes or other substances within the hopper ontothe cutters operating below the bottom thereof, a follower or pressblock E is placed on top of said substances, and in order that saidblock may be conveniently manipulated with absolute safety to theoperator it is provided with a knob or handle e, to be gripped orcontrolled by the hand.

New, the parts hereinbefore described and occupying the positionsindicated in the drawings, the following observations will be noted:First, by loosening the screws CG and removing the strip C4 or puttingthicker strips in its place the knife C5 will be lowered or raisedaccordingly in position, regulating-the thickness of the cut or chip, orlowering the upper ends of the plates C7 by means of the screws C3produces the same result; second, that by reciprocating the knife C5 byrocking or oscillating the shaft B by means of the crank-arm B andhandle B2 substances within the hopper will be sliced or chipped; third,that by raising the upper ends of said plates C7, as indicated by thedotted lines z, to points above the cutting edges of the knife C5 willbring the knives C8, with their vertical cutters o8, into action,reducing the substances within the hopper into oblong slices or strips.

Having thus ascertained and described the invention and fully shown andset forth the manner in which it is performed, what is considered new,and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

l. In a vegetable cutter or slicer having a bottomless hopper supportedby standards, with hangers depending from the end walls thereof andhaving journal-bearings near their lower ends, with a shaft journaledthrough said bearings, and a crank-arm with a handle to oscillate orrock said shaft, a cutting or slicing device comprising: a cradle IOOIIO

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or frame with a central hub mounted on said shaft, said hub having threeradial arms, one vertically disposed and two horizontally eX- tended,with cross-bars at their outer ends, and branch arms extending outwardlyand downwardly fromtlle latter two 0f said arms, with oppositelydisposed pairs of thumb screws on the outer ends of said branch arms; atwo-edged knife secured to the top of the cross-bar of saidvertically-disposed arm, and concavo-convex plates fulcru med on thecrossbars of said horizontally-extended arms, said plates having theirlower ends between the respective pairs of said screws, and their upperends provided with cutting-blades; all substantially as described andfor the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. In a vegetable cutter or slicer having a bottomless hopper supportedabove a given surface, and a cradle or frame, C, recipro eating belowsaid hopper, said cradle having radial arms, c2 c?, with cross-bars, c4c4, and branch arms, cs cwith pairs of thu rnb-screws, C3 C3, thereon,and concave-convex plates, C7 C7, fulcrumed on said bars, c4,with theirlower ends between said screws, C3, the cuttingblades, CS CS, secured tothe upper ends of said plates,` C7, said blades, CE, having the verticalcutters, C8, substantially as described and for the purpose hereinbeforeset forth.

In testimony whereof I afX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JACOB Y. KLINE. Witnesses:

DANL. H. HERR, FRED. P. MENTZER.

